tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post862624356848236127..comments2024-03-27T13:36:21.967-04:00Comments on .OPTIONS for a Better World: Rollercoasterskjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-26749287977900976412021-11-27T22:25:34.740-05:002021-11-27T22:25:34.740-05:00Just beautiful. You are a wordsmith extraordinaire...Just beautiful. You are a wordsmith extraordinaire. Angie K Lovehttps://www.angieklove.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-39338876173602932592021-03-20T13:44:56.820-04:002021-03-20T13:44:56.820-04:00"I feel shock and disgust that any decent per..."I feel shock and disgust that any decent person would embrace his lies and debasement."<br /><br />Which opens the question of whether they ARE decent people, and what it even means to be a decent person. In "The Confessions of Nat Turner, William Styron explores many aspects of slavery including the different ways slave owners defended the concept of black people as property. While some slave owners were clearly less abusive than other slave owners, all slave owners were, by definition, slave owners. Likewise, no matter what virtues they possess and what rationalizations they employ, all Trumpians nonetheless defend and support Trumpian filth.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-84177195460906041172021-03-20T09:14:51.212-04:002021-03-20T09:14:51.212-04:00Hi snow, so nice to ‘hear’ you again. I think I’m ...Hi snow, so nice to ‘hear’ you again. I think I’m still open to taking emotional risks, and less so for stretching physically and financially. I wish we had extra $ to invest in buying and renovating sweet properties here on The Outer Cape. It would be a definite risk but janet and I still leave the door open a crack. <br /><br />Trump has remained more dangerous than i foresaw. It is a tragedy for me that his hatred and racism have the following of so many Americans. Thank god he lost. You’re right that it’s not something to move on from. I feel shock and disgust that any decent person would embrace his lies and debasement.<br /><br />Biden thinks he can be transformational. That would be quite a gift to humanity.<br />Love kjkjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-84325562859743773412021-03-14T14:42:23.300-04:002021-03-14T14:42:23.300-04:00People who take risks that might result in death--...People who take risks that might result in death--like free climbing sheer rock faces--have lower than normal adrenaline levels, and so they must take extreme risks in order to experience what others experience much more readily. I've taken few such risks, and the ones I did take were based upon the following: an overestimate of my abilities on some occasions; a desire to overcome my fears on others; and an unwillingness to pay other people to do for me what I could do myself on still others. Emotionally, I've sometimes taken risks that were ill-advised, selfish, and wounded myself and others. Now, I take as few risks as I am able. I think that age tends to do that to people, and that this is often a good thing because as our abilities decrease, our vulnerabilities increase. I value peace and safety a lot. I value thrills not at all.<br /><br />Well, KJ, the asshole is out of office and we and our nation survived him--at least somewhat. I know that there is now a barrier between Democrats and Republicans that is unlikely to be lowered during my lifetime anyway and that could even lead to increased anger, suspicion, and violence. I also know that my own disgust with Trumpites is permanent, and that there is nothing whatsoever that anyone can say or do to decrease it. This is because I believe that Trumpites would have become as bloodthirsty and oppressive as Hitlerites became had Trump been able to amass the power that Hiter achieved. People like you and I would might not have survived a regime in which Trump had full power.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-91898169719808893972021-03-06T17:34:59.836-05:002021-03-06T17:34:59.836-05:00As a former backpacker, often going out without ma...As a former backpacker, often going out without map or compass, I can say that yes, there is a great freedom in letting the world unfold in front of you without, to surprise you, sometimes to scare you but to be mostly awestruck.<br /><br />Getting on a rollercoaster, where you have absolutely NO control, is just crazy, in my opinion. I will never understand why people want to feel terror. <br /><br />"Don’t you want the earth to move, the foundation to shake, the stars to explode right in front of you, to throw you off your feet and high into the air in one explosive bolt? Really now, Don’t you?"<br /><br />Well, yes. All of that. Except I do prefer to have my feet on the ground while allowing my jaw to be dropped : )8thdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17139355263412766126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-74588136127358175392021-03-06T09:03:58.235-05:002021-03-06T09:03:58.235-05:00I’m checking to see if there’s a problem posting c...I’m checking to see if there’s a problem posting comments. I hope not! kjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.com